Migrationsseminar: Udvisning af flygtninge og anti-udvisningsbevægelser

TIME: Tuesday, 29 November, 14 – 17

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

This seminar focuses on three different cases of migration and the politics of deportation:

a. Deportations and the migration industry in Central America:

TIME: Tuesday, 29 November, 14 – 17

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

This seminar focuses on three different cases of migration and the politics of deportation:

a. Deportations and the migration industry in Central America:
Despite several years of robust border enforcement, the number of irregular or undocumented Honduran migrants heading to the United States has increased. At the same time, increased border enforcement has made increasing number of border crossers dependent of human smugglers and higher smuggling fees have attracted organized criminal networks.

This seminar looks at the consequences of criminal networks and drug cartels taking over the human smuggling business, border crossing undocumented migrants face high risks of physical abuse and rape, extortion, disappearance and death.

b. Forced deportations of trafficked Nigerian women:
Rescuing victims of human trafficking from the sex industry has emerged as a significant practice within the framework of migration management. The presentation is based upon on-going multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork carried out among deported Nigerian women in Nigeria including field work in Denmark and Spain.

This presentation is about the inter-linkages of deportation and rescue among undocumented women migrant sex workers from Europe to Nigeria, discussed through the narratives of the Nigerian women themselves. During the presentation, Sine Plambech will make use of photos and visual material.

c. Undocumented migrants in Denmark focusing on underground-refugees:
A certain part of failed asylum seekers end up staying in Denmark under ground. For most of them, this is a desperate last option and not the result of a calculated plan.

One of the few organizations that, over the last 25 years, have assisted undocumented migrants in Denmark is The Committee for Underground Refugees, which will present at this seminar. The presentation will be kicked off by the documentary “A Matter of Decency” by Bombay Flying Club.

Speakers:
Michala Clante Bendixen, Committee for Underground Refugees
Sine Plambeck, PhD Candidate, DIIS
Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Programme:

13.45-14.00: Arrival and Coffee

14.00-14.20: Introduction with Reference to the Central American Case; Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

14.20-15.00: Forced Departures of Nigerian Women; Sine Plambeck, PhD Candidate, DIIS

15.00-15.40: Underground Refugees in Denmark; Michala Clante Bendixen, Committee for Underground Refugees

15.40-16.00: Coffee Break

16.00-17.00: Q and A

This is the final of the four seminars in the 2011 Migration Seminar Fall Series, The Politics of Deportation. Based on cutting-edge research and ongoing policy involvement, the seminars present current policy development as well as migrant responses and practices, questioning common sense assumptions and presenting new perspectives on deportation. For abstracts and information on forthcoming seminars, see http://www.diis.dk/sw109806.asp.

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the online registration form from the website no later than Monday, 28 November 2011 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.